tuljan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Very likely from Czech tuleň in the 19th century (which in turn was borrowed from Russian, and Russian borrowed it from a Sami language).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǔʎan/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ljan

Noun

tùljan m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̀љан)

  1. (Croatia) seal (pinniped)
    Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro) fȍka

Declension

Declension of tuljan
singular plural
nominative tuljan tuljani
genitive tuljana tuljana
dative tuljanu tuljanima
accusative tuljana tuljane
vocative tuljane tuljani
locative tuljanu tuljanima
instrumental tuljanom tuljanima

References

  • “tuljan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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